Quilt design app and quilting calculator: exact cutting plan and yardage. Free.
Quiltsmith is a quilt designer and quilting calculator in one: lay out the whole quilt, then get an exact cutting plan and the yardage to buy, worked out with the same rules quilters use in pattern books and on rulers.
DESIGN THE WHOLE QUILT
- Classic blocks: Nine Patch, Four Patch, Rail Fence, Half-Square Triangle, Pinwheel, Broken Dishes, Hourglass, Flying Geese, Square in a Square, Friendship Star, Shoo Fly, Churn Dash, Ohio Star, Sawtooth Star, Dutchman's Puzzle, Log Cabin, Courthouse Steps
- Design your own block on a grid with squares, half-square triangles, hourglass units, flying geese and square-in-a-square, then use it in any quilt
- Straight set or on point with setting triangles; alternate blocks; sashing with cornerstones
- Borders: as many as you like, with butted, mitred or corner-square corners
- Crib, throw, twin, full, queen and king sizes, or your own; "fit to size" picks the rows and columns
- Recolour every fabric and see the quilt drawn to scale
AN EXACT CUTTING PLAN
- Every piece with its cut size, seam allowances included
- Half-square triangles 2 at a time (+7/8") or 8 at a time; hourglass units (+1 1/4"); no-waste or stitch-and-flip flying geese; oversize-and-trim options
- Setting triangles that match the published charts
- Strips planned across the width of fabric, then every subcut
- Tick off each cut as you go
HOW MUCH FABRIC TO BUY
- Yardage per fabric, rounded up to the next 1/8 yard so you never run short
- Fat quarters when they would cover it
- Borders joined or cut along the length
- Binding strips at any width, including 1 1/2", or continuous bias binding
- Backing with the seam direction that needs the least fabric, plus the wide-back amount
- Batting size and the packaged size that covers it
- Add prices for a fabric cost
TAKE IT TO THE CUTTING TABLE
- A printable cutting plan PDF with the quilt diagram, units to make, fabrics to buy and the full cutting list
- Share the fabric list to take to the shop
- Notes, recipient, progress and photos for every quilt
YOUR SETTINGS, YOUR WAY
- Inches and yards, or centimetres and metres
- Your seam allowance, usable width of fabric, backing width and margins
- The guide explains every formula and where it comes from
Free and offline. No account, no subscription, nothing locked. An optional one-time purchase removes the ads.
Quiltsmith, from Fernhart Labs.